343 Industries Tease Firefight for Halo 5: Guardians

Firefight Returns

In a preview for their Free Spring/Summer 200116 Content, 343 Industries the developers of Halo 5: Guardians teased the return of fan favourite Firefight. Firefight, first introduced in Halo 3: ODST was a PvE wave based co-operative game type. 343i promise that Guardians’ incarnation, dubbed ‘Warzone Firefight’, “will bring PvE to Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer”, and that they will keep us up-to-date over the coming months. The new name may indicate some connection with the current Warzone game types, possibly by using the same maps or borrowing elements of the formula. Whatever the case it is exciting news for those hankering for some more PvE.

Exciting Future Updates

Also exciting are the three other upcoming updates named ‘Ghosts of Meridian’, ‘Memories of Reach’, and ‘Hog Wild’. While it is a bit early to predict what these may contain, Warthog fans should be excited at the prospect of an update named after their favourite steed.

Griffball in Halo 5: Guardians 343 Industries/Microsoft

Check Out Hammer Storm Now

In other Halo news, February’s Hammer Storm update is out now, and you can purchase the all-new Arena REQ Bundle. Hammer Storm features the return of Griffball to the franchise, and a new Arena map named Torque, while the Bundle includes, among other rare cosmetic items, a guaranteed copy of the Mark V Alpha armour, inspired by the Master Chief’s appearance in Halo: Combat Evolved. For more on Hammer Storm and the Arena REQ Bundle, check out our weekly Let’s Talk Xbox, where I go over the week’s most exciting Xbox and Halo news.